Calibrating & Profiling Two Displays
Calibrating & Profiling Two Displays
- Subject: Calibrating & Profiling Two Displays
- From: Jim Warthman <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 01 Jun 2005 21:01:53 -0700
- Z-usanet-msgid: XID938JFBeB70041X31
Hello,
I'm learning the gory details of color management. I'm reading "Real World
Color Management", and have a new Eye-One Photo. My first project is to
learn the fine points of calibrating and profiling displays - both for
myself and other local photographers.
That said, I'm perplexed by the constraints that various operating systems
and graphics cards place on the ability to calibrate and profile a
multiple-display system.
For instance, on my PowerPC G5 Macintosh, I have two LCD displays: an Apple
23" Cinema HD Display, and a Sharp 19" display. I've read various opinions
that, in general, most systems can only have one display calibrated and
profiled. The second display should be relegated to things like Photoshop
palettes.
But then, I came across this recent discussion of ColorEyes software on The
Luminous Landscape:
http://www.luminous-landscape.com/reviews/software/coloreyes-display.shtml
> on a Mac at least, calibrating and profiling dual monitors is a cinch, with
> each monitor automatically loading its own profile on boot-up. (Windows
> machine with dual monitors may need a second video card, or a special dual
> monitor card).
Okay, this conflicts with other things I've read (but can't find at the
moment). I'd like to learn in more detail what happens during the
calibration and profiling process under both Mac OS and Windows XP. I'd like
to understand under what conditions two (or more) displays can be calibrated
and profiled - and when that won't work, and why. Any tips, and references
to relevant information you can give will be most appreciated.
Best Regards,
Jim
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